Sunday, October 2, 2016

Denial

It makes me happy when a
film is even better than I anticipated it would be.

That’s the case with
Director Mick Jackson’s Denial, which is the most
intelligent film of the year, so far.

Screenwriter David Hare’s
artfully crafted script coupled with brilliant performances by Rachel Weisz as
writer Deborah Lipstadt, Tom Wilkinson as her barrister Richard Rampton and
Andrew Scott as her solicitor Anthony Julius all work together to produce a
riveting story about the 1998-2000 libel suit regarding the reality of the
Holocaust. (What’s more, it’s an enlightening primer on the differences between
the American and British judicial systems.)

The story has strong
parallels to present day politics with sociopathic liar and Hitler-lover David
Irving (Timothy Spall) claiming his reputation has been defamed by Lipstadt’s
writings about Nazi atrocities.Here,
the judge (Alex Jennings) asks if a man can be condemned for his lies even if
he believes they are true?

See this excellent film
and find out.What’s more, learn the clever
double meaning of the title.

About Me

Brian Porzak: I am a cinephile who likes to view films with a live audience. My taste runs the gamut, including indies, studio films, foreign films and most all genres. Because I see so many films, friends often ask me what to see. So, I thought I'd blog about what is worth seeing or not. As a writer/filmmaker myself, I hope to give a more uplifting perspective than the typical critic. Filmmaking is tremendously difficult. Just because some problems might exist in a particular work does not, necessarily, destroy its enjoyability and I think that is necessary to point out to would-be viewers.
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